Not working out. and still losing the weight..

Before I started coming to this site today, I have lost a total of 25 pounds without excercise. I have just watched my food intake but my plan is to start a daily excercise routine to help even more.

Sure, you can lose weight just by watching what you eat, but it will not be as much as if you combine it with exercise as well. Also, if you have a substantial amount of weight to lose, without exercise and toning, the body will not look good if you lose a lot of weight. Besides, you will feel so much better with exercise and improve your cardiovascular health!! Good luck!

If you exercise and watch your calorie intake you can tone up the skin that will be flabby if you just watch what you eat and not exercise and you don't want flabby skin.

I lost 100 lbs by just dieting alone. However, I wish I would have included exercise because now I'm not toned & will require plastic surgery, Plus, achieving health requires diet and exercise together. I love the gym now & wish I would have started earlier!!!

I have seen quite a few ppl who stick to their alloted calories and do not exercise and they lose weight.

I exercise because I cant eat 1200 cals a day, exercise gives me up to 1500 cals

Some ppl have started out no exercise, then when they hit the dreaded plateau, they starte hitting the treadmill.

Good luck in your weight loss journey!:flowerforyou:

I am awaiting the "dreaded plateau" before I begin exercising regularly. For now I do it ... irregularly. But, I've changed other habits too... like stairs instead of the elevator at work. Walking to meet people at the office instead of emailing or calling them. Stuff like that.

It takes a lot for me to get the push to go and exercise but now that I can only have 1200 cals a day i need to exercise daily so I can eat more! healthy foods of course :drinker:

Being a historically "yo-yo" dieter in the past, I have lost weight both ways.
I have to be honest and say that I looked much better when i lost it with
exercise.

If you aren't doing any strength exercising, you can actually lose muscle while dieting also. This sucks because the more muscle you have, you burn more calories than if you didn't. Which means you lose weight easier.

The reason I bring it up, is because I have lost alot of muscle over years of dieting and not doing strength training. I have recently added it to my workout routine after reading many articles supporting it.

My husband broke his leg and could not exercise, but he dieted by watching his calories and he lost 20 pounds. So it can be done even if it isn't the optimal plan. I would say if you *can* exercise, then you should try to work it in.
Good luck!
Brooke

Has there been any success with people NOT working out and still losing weight..I know that what you eat is the biggest contribution to weight loss so i would like to see if anyone has lost some weight with little to no exercise.. .

I started out by changing my eating habits, drinking more water...did that for awhile, I didn't feel ready to toss in the excercise yet, to self conscience, thought only cute skinny girls were able to workout at the gyms... I was not self confident at all when I started out...I had lost all that as I had gained lbs.

Yes you CAN definitely lose weight without excercising and if that's how a person needs to start out to start somewhere...so be it:drinker: :happy:

But once I pushed forward to begin excercising I thought I'd died and gone to heaven...it's was wonderful feeling each day knowing I was beginning an excercise program once again. Easy? NO WAY! But I can look back now to last year and sorta laugh at how very far I've come fitness wise, self confidence wise, I never worry what someone at the gym thinks about me now.

I'm a total gym rat and I LOVE WORKING OUT!! and OH the FRIENDS I've MADE!!:smooched: They are the best!!

I loved it the very first time, it does get easier as a person loses and gets more in shape cardio wise...

Just sharing what's worked for me:drinker:
FC

Muscle weighs more than fat, and your muscles tend to waste away when not using them. So you may get "skinny", but have no tone or other benefits exersing does for you.

A pound is a pound whether its fat, feathers, muscle...whatever it is its a pound. Of course you would rather have a pound of muscle than a pound of fat, but its still a pound.

Muscle is heavier, of course a pound of each is the same but they would be a smaller quantity if that makes sense. Sort of like a pound of feathers would be a huge amount compared to a pound of brick.
I've lost 34 pounds without exercise.

If you aren't doing any strength exercising, you can actually lose muscle while dieting also. This sucks because the more muscle you have, you burn more calories than if you didn't. Which means you lose weight easier.

Yes, this is the point I wanted to make -- you CAN lose weight without exercising, but you CAN'T do it without losing muscle as well as fat. This will lower your metabolism, which makes it harder and harder to lose weight with each new attempt, and easier to gain the fat back afterward. I prefer to say "lose fat" to "lose weight" because you WANT to gain muscle weight. Muscle takes up less space than fat and burns more calories, so it's good weight. Strength training is a must -- for me anyway.

I dont have time to exercise, especially on weekdays. So what i do is i'll walk as much as i can on my way to office, during lunch and after office,on my way back home, and i'll climb stairs instead of taking lif. I know that is not enuff but in my case,that's better then nothing. :ohwell: